Fortinet Championship – Preview and Betting Odds

The Fortinet Championship, previously the Safeway Open, is a professional golf tournament, part of the PGA Tour. 

Originally sponsored by Fry’s Electronics, it was first staged in 2007 as the Fry’s Electronics Open at Grayhawk Golf Club’s Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. 

It was renamed the Frys.com Open in 2008 and moved to California in 2010, to CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, southeast of San Jose. 

In October 2014, part of the PGA Tour’s 2015 season, it moved north to Napa and the Silverado Country Club (North course).

Beginning with the October 2016 tournament, part of the PGA Tour’s 2017 season, the primary sponsor was Safeway Inc., and that continued through 2020. 

In 2021 Fortinet became the title sponsor on a six-year deal.

Event Overview – Fortinet Championship – 2022 – PGA Golf Tour

This week, players should expect to be greeted by tricky Poa Annua greens which will be bumpy in the late afternoons. Accuracy will be at a premium as this course features tree-lined fairways, but the rough isn’t expected to be a huge penalty this week, which means shorter hitters are in play.

All six of the winners here since 2016 have had a winning score of 14-under par or better. 

Last year, Max Homa won by a stroke over Maverick McNealy at 19-under.

That win jumpstarted Homa’s season, and he would go on to finish in a tie for fifth in the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List with a -17 score at the TOUR Championship.

The returning champion shares the top spot with 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. 

Matsuyama had two wins of his early last season, at the Zozo Championship and the Sony Open, before finishing T11 at the season-ending Tour Championship.

Stewart Cink won this event in 2020 at 21-under while Cameron Champ won in 2019 at 17-under, showing that both shorter hitters and bombers have a chance to win at Silverado. 

The last time this tournament was decided by a playoff happened in 2018 when Kevin Tway defeated Brandt Snedeker and Ryan Moore in extra holes after all three finished at 14-under.

Schedule and Broadcast:

Golf Channel:

Thursday

6-9 PM: Fortinet Championship, Round 1 (PGA Tour)

Friday

6-9 PM: Fortinet Championship, Round 2 (PGA Tour)

Saturday

6-9 PM: Fortinet Championship, Round 3 (PGA Tour)

Sunday

6-9 PM: Fortinet Championship, Round 4 (PGA Tour)

Current Odds for all Golfers:

Hideki Matsuyama+1400

Max Homa+1400

Corey Conners+1600

Cam Davis+2800

Maverick McNealy+2800

Sahith Theegala+2800

Taylor Pendrith+2800

Davis Riley+3300

Emiliano Grillo+3300

Tom Hoge+4000

Brendan Steele+5000

Denny McCarthy+5000

Taylor Montgomery+5000

Troy Merritt+5000

Webb Simpson+5000

Alex Noren+5000

Andrew Putnam+5000

Chris Kirk+5000

Gary Woodland+5000

Jason Day+5000

Justin Suh+5000

Thomas Detry+5000

Trey Mullinax+5000

Wyndham Clark+5000

Cameron Champ+6600

Chez Reavie+6600

Matt Kuchar+6600

Taylor Moore+6600

Kevin Streelman+8000

Michael Gligic+8000

J.J. Spaun+8000

Adam Long+10000

Adam Svensson+10000

Brendon Todd+10000

Callum Tarren+10000

Carl Yuan+10000

Justin Lower+10000

Nick Hardy+10000

Patrick Rodgers+10000

Russell Knox+10000

Stephan Jaeger+10000

Zac Blair+10000

Alex Smalley+10000

Austin Eckroat+10000

Brandon Wu+10000

David Lipsky+10000

Mark Hubbard+10000

Martin Laird+10000

Stewart Cink+10000

Austin Cook+12500

Charley Hoffman+12500

Chesson Hadley+12500

Chris Gotterup+12500

Danny Willett+12500

Doc Redman+12500

Dylan Frittelli+12500

Hayden Buckley+12500

James Hahn+12500

John Huh+12500

Lee Hodges+12500

Lucas Glover+12500

Luke List+12500

Matt Wallace+12500

Matthew NeSmith+12500

Matti Schmid+12500

Michael Thompson+12500

Rickie Fowler+12500

S.H. Kim+12500

Tyler Duncan+12500

Will Gordon+12500

Zecheng Dou+12500

Beau Hossler+15000

Ben Martin+15000

C.T. Pan+15000

Cameron Percy+15000

Doug Ghim+15000

Greyson Sigg+15000

Harris English+15000

Henrik Norlander+15000

Joel Dahmen+15000

Joseph Bramlett+15000

Michael Kim+15000

MJ Daffue+15000

Robby Shelton+15000

Sam Ryder+15000

Sam Stevens+15000

Scott Piercy+15000

Adam Schenk+15000

Ben Taylor+15000

Brian Stuard+15000

Harry Hall+15000

Mackenzie Hughes+15000

Nate Lashley+15000

Nick Taylor+15000

Patton Kizzire+15000

Brice Garnett+20000

Byeong Hun An+20000

David Lingmerth+20000

Peter Malnati+20000

Richy Werenski+20000

Ryan Armour+20000

Ryan Moore+20000

Vince Whaley+20000

Augusto Nunez+20000

Austin Smotherman+20000

Kevin Roy+20000

Ben Griffin+25000

Brandt Snedeker+25000

Danny Lee+25000

Davis Thompson+25000

Kelly Kraft+25000

Matthias Schwab+25000

Paul Haley II+25000

Philip Knowles+25000

Robert Streb+25000

Vincent Norrman+25000

Brent Grant+30000

Chad Ramey+30000

Eric Cole+30000

Erik Barnes+30000

Garrick Higgo+30000

Harry Higgs+30000

John Augenstein+30000

Kevin Tway+30000

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Kevin Yu+30000

Kramer Hickok+30000

Nico Echavarria+30000

Scott Harrington+30000

Brandon Matthews+35000

Kevin Chappell+35000

Brandon Hagy+40000

Chris Stroud+40000

Dylan Wu+40000

Jason Dufner+40000

Jimmy Walker+40000

Kyle Stanley+40000

Kyle Westmoreland+40000

Nick Watney+40000

Sung Kang+40000

Trevor Cone+40000

Andrew Landry+50000

Carson Young+50000

Harrison Endycott+50000

Jim Herman+50000

Max McGreevy+50000

Tano Goya+50000

Tyson Alexander+50000

Anders Albertson+75000

Ryan Brehm+75000

Trevor Werbylo+75000

Jacob Bridgeman+100000

S. de Borba+100000